Jim Henson

Yeah, I think we did the term Muppets before we got the show Sam and Friends - a few months after I started working. ↗

— Jim Henson

#before #did #few #friends #got

You're assisting the audience to understand; you're giving them a bridge or an access. And if you don't give them that, if you keep it more abstract, it's almost more pure. It's a cooler thing. ↗

— Jim Henson

#access #almost #assisting #audience #bridge

I think my own strengths are in television production. ↗

— Jim Henson

#i think #my own #own #production #strengths

I do remember doing shows strictly in black and white, too, so you're right. ↗

— Jim Henson

#black and white #doing #i #i do #remember

At the University of Maryland, my first year I started off planning to major in art because I was interested in theatre design, stage design or television design. ↗

— Jim Henson

#because #design #first #i #interested

And also there wasn't much money in television in those days anyhow. ↗

— Jim Henson

#anyhow #days #money #much #television

Actually the copies of characters is something I don't particularly like to talk about in articles but just for your information, most characters there's only one. ↗

— Jim Henson

#actually #articles #characters #copies #i

When I was a kid, I never saw a puppet show. I never played with puppets or had any interest in them. ↗

— Jim Henson

#had #i #interest #kid #never

I decided that what I really wanted to do was go off and paint. ↗

— Jim Henson

#go #i #off #paint #really

I was very interested in theatre, mostly in stage design. I did a little bit of acting. ↗

— Jim Henson

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